No. 20-5335

Dustin Johnson v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-08-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment methamphetamine methamphetamine-sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the District Court erred in sentencing the Defendant based on ice (\'actual\' methamphetamine) rather than a mixture and substance containing a detectable quantity of methamphetamine, to which the Defendant had plead guilty?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Issue I Whether the District Court erred in sentencing the Defendant based on ice (“actual” methamphetamine) rather than a mixture and substance containing a detectable quantity of methamphetamine, to which the Defendant had plead guilty? Issue II Whether sentencing the Appellant on the “ice” or “methamphetamine actual” guidelines violates the Due Process clause of the 5" Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause of the 14 Amendment of the U.S. Constitution? =i

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-08-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-08-17
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2020-08-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 11, 2020)

Attorneys

Dustin Johnson
Alfred Christian Lanier IIIAttorney at Law, Petitioner
United States of America
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent